Clean energy saves A&M $4 million

System officials just signed a contract with Champion Energy Services that will shave $4 million off the system’s utility costs over the next two years, and about 15 percent of the energy will come from Texas wind farms.

The new contract ranks the A&M System sixth among universities in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership Program.

“As employees of the state of Texas, we try our best to be good stewards of taxpayers’ money,” said B. J. Crain, chief business officer for the A&M System. “And it’s extra rewarding when saving money also means we’re helping the environment.”